(Growing Near Snow), (C.rusticana), Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.164, p.82,

descripton, p.137: Leaves broadly elliptic, apex shortly acuminate, venation impressed,

margins crenate, 8.6-8.9 cm long x 4.4 cm wide, petioles 8 mm long, manifestly hairy.

Flowers single, red (Crimson 22-22/1), widely cup-shaped or horizontally opened, petals 5-7,

largest 5.6 cm long x 4.4 cm wide, flat, narrowly incised. Stamens cylindrical, filaments pale

yellow. Blooms late. Originated in the wild at Kitta, Arakawa-machi, Niigata Prefecture,

Japan.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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